Xie Xingfang

Xie Xingfang (born September 8, 1981) is a retired Chinese badminton player from Guangzhou, Guangdong.

[1] Her first big title was in girls' doubles, with her provincial teammate Zhang Jiewen, at the World Junior Championships in 1998.

Xie and her senior compatriot and rival Zhang Ning were the most dominant international women's singles players of the middle and late parts of the decade, though they were pressed by younger teammates such as Zhu Lin, Lu Lan, Jiang Yanjiao and Wang Yihan.

In 2006 Xie and Lin won their respective women's and men's singles titles at the IBF World Championships in Madrid.

Xie Xingfang and Lin Dan were married in Guangzhou, China, on 13 December 2010, after seven years of dating.